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Mr. Scott C. Donnelly has been the Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President of Textron Inc. since September 1, 2010, December 1, 2009 and January 2009 respectively. Mr. Donnelly serves Co-President of Textron Systems Corporation. He served as the Chief Operating Officer of Bell Helicopter Textron Inc. He served as Senior Vice President of GE Global Research. Mr. Donnelly served as the Chief Operating Officer of Textron Financial Corp. since June 2008. He served ... as the Chief Operating Officer of Textron Inc. since June 2008 and also served as its Executive Vice President from June 2008 to January 2009. He served as the Chief Executive Officer and President of Aviation for GE Infrastructure Aviation, Inc., since July 2005. He served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Aviation at GE Infrastructure, Inc. He served as an Executive Officer of GEFS (Suisse) AG since August 2000. Mr. Donnelly serves as Unit President and Chief Executive Officer of General Electric Capital Corp. He served as Chief Executive Officer and President of GE Aviation Systems LLC and GE Aviation. Mr. Donnelly served as Senior Vice President of Global, Corporate Research and Development of General Electric Company, holding company of GEFS (Suisse) AG. He served as Vice President of Commercial Engines for GE Aviation since 2003. He served as General Manager of the small commercial engine operation of GE Aviation. He joined GE in 1980 as a Product engineer and spent 15 years in design and development of GE's commercial and military engines. He also held positions in customer and product support and in quality. Mr. Donnelly served as Senior Vice President, GE Aviation of General Electric Co. He served as Senior Vice President of Global Research at General Electric Co., one of the world's largest and most diversified industrial research organizations, with facilities in the United States, India, China and Germany. Mr. Donnelly served as Vice President, Global Technology Operations for GE Medical Systems in 1997. He served as Vice President of General Electric since 1997 and was responsible for Global Technology Operations at GE Healthcare. Mr. Donnelly joined GE in 1989 as Manager of Electronics Design Engineering for GE's Ocean Systems Division in Syracuse, NY. He served in leadership roles for the GE, including engineering management positions with then-GE division of Martin Marietta in both Australia and the US. In 1995, he moved to GE's Industrial Control Systems business, where he held leadership positions as Manager of Technology and System Development. Mr. Donnelly started his career in the aerospace and semiconductor industries as a Design engineer developing advanced computer architecture for special purpose processors and systems. He joined GE Aerospace in Syracuse, New York, in 1989 and led large engineering organizations in the Ocean, Radar and Sensor Systems business. In 1995, he transferred to GE Industrial Systems, where he became General Manager, Industrial System Technology. He served as the Chairman of Board of Governors at Aerospace Industries Association from January 2010 to December 31, 2010. He served as a Member of Board of Governors at Aerospace Industries Association. He serves as a Member of the Board of Trustees of Siena College and the Board of Directors of the United Way of Greater Cincinnati. He has been a Director at Textron Inc. since October 2009 and Medtronic plc since January 26, 2015. He served as a Director of Medtronic, Inc., since July 1, 2013 until January 26, 2015. He served as a Director of GE Global Research, Inc. Mr. Donnelly served as a Director of General Electric Capital Corporation. Mr. Donnelly serves on the Industrial Advisory Committee of several engineering colleges, the Research Foundation of the Medical College of Wisconsin and the Center for Innovation in Minimally Invasive Therapy at Massachusetts General Hospital. He serves on the Engineering Advisory Committees at Colorado, Stanford and Cornell Universities, and is a member of the NIST Visiting Committee on Advanced Technology. Mr. Donnelly attended the University of Colorado and graduated with a Bachelors degree in Electrical and Computer engineering in 1984.

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